How much harm is inflicted by ambition and power

that carrying war in itself,

sheds blood,

tears and grief

 

How little does evil and hatred care about

slaughtering children and elders

or the present and the future of a country

 

How absolutely insane may corruption and ego become

to smother, desolate and crush a garden

 

Ukraine, you have been orphaned,

but like millions of others,

I will not leave your side;

I hear your voices in my soul

and the beating of your heart echoing

 

The loathsome, wretched, malignant invader

will go down in history as a mouse and you, however,

you will be described and remembered as the lion

 

You were an example to me in 2014

for demonstrating your principles as a champion of freedom

and today you are an inspiration of greatness and courage for the world

 

Ukraine, I have you and shall carry you in my soul;

cannons will never silence your bravery and dignity

 

©Noris Roberts